Brian K. Carroll

Biography Brian K. Carroll is a partner at Johnson Carroll Norton & Kent P. C. and practices in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, real estate, and elder law. He also handles business litigation matters and is admitted to the Indiana Supreme Court, the United States District Court, Northern and Southern districts of Indiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Community Involvement Harlaxton Society of the University of Evansville - Past President Practice Areas Real Estate Law Probate Law Elder Law Estate and Trust Planning and Administration Business Law Bar Admissions Indiana, 1982 U. S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1982 U. S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1982 U. S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985 Specialties and Certifications Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation Indiana Certified Trust and Estate Specialist by the Trust and Estate Specialization Board VA Accredited Attorney Professional Associations Evansville Bar Association, Director, 1996 to 2000 Evansville Bar Association, Chair, Probate Committee, 1997 to 1998 Evansville Bar Association, Chair, Elder Law Committee, 2000 to 2003 Indiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Director, 1984 to 1993 Chair, 1991 to 1992 Indiana State Bar Association General Practice Section, Chair, 1993 to 1994 Indiana State Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, Director, 1985-1994, Chair 1992-1993 Indiana State Bar Association, Delegate, House of Delegates, 1998 to 2005 Evansville Estate and Business Planning Council, Member National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member Hearing Officer - City of Evansville Department of Code Enforcement, 2000-2004 Special Needs Alliance, Member Indiana Disciplinary Commission, Member, 2014 to Present, Chair 2019-2020 Education Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana J. D. - 1982 Honors: cum laude Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana B. S. - 1978 Fraternities and Sororities Phi Delta Phi Classes /Seminars Indiana Dormant Minerals Act, ICLEF, Mineral Law of Indiana, 1984 Real Estate Litigation, ICLEF, Out of Country Seminar, 1988 Real Estate, ICLEF Practice Skills, 1991 Co-Chair, Real Estate, ICLEF, 1992 Drafting to Avoid the Will Contest and Other Estate Litigation, ICLEF, Basic Will Drafting, 1994 Planning Your First Probate Estate Administration Recovery of Estate Assets, ICLEF, 1997 Untrustworthy Non-Probate Transfer - Creditors Rights, ICLEF, 1998 Simple Will Drafting, ICLEF, Will and Trust Drafting Institute, 1999 Disclaimers and Post Mortem Planning, Administrative Decisions- Revising Documents, ICLEF, 1999 Co-Chair, The Process of Probate Practice, ICLEF, 2001 Presenter, Protecting the Home, ICLEF, Elder Law Veterans Benefits, 2004 Published Works Avoiding the Will Contest (Co-Author), Res Gestae, May, 1994 Probate and Property (Co-Author), May/June, 1994 Yours, Mine and Ours, Estate Planning for Previously Married Couples, Res Gestae, June, 1997 Divorce and Your Special Needs Child, Exceptional Parent, 2005 Veterans Benefits, ICLEF, Elder Law Institute, 2004 Estate Specialization Training, Life Insurance and Annuities, ICLEF, 2006 and 2007 Succession Planning for Closely Held Business (Co-Presenter), ICLEF, Advanced Estate Planning Masters Roundtable, 2008 Choice of Entity in Indiana, ICLEF, Advanced Estate and Business Planning Roundtable, 2009 Ethical Issues for Elder Law Attorneys, ICLEF, Elder Law Institute, 2016 Hot Tips: Issues from the Listserv, ICLEF, Advanced Elder Law, 2017 Whats Up with ABLE Accounts, 30th Annual EBA Estate and Business Planning Institute, 2019 Representative Cases State v. Omega Painting, Inc., 464 N. E.2d 940, 1984, Ind. App. 1 Dist. Wats/800, Inc. v. Voice America, 867 F. Supp. 811, 1993, S. D. Ind. Edwardsville Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Marion Laboratories, Inc., 808 F.2d 648, 1987, C. A.7 Carl Subler Trucking, Inc. v. Splittorff, 482 N. E.2d 295, 1985, Ind. App. 1 Dist. Kite v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp., 761 F. Supp. 597, 1989, S. D. Ind. Matter of Estate of Kirby, 498 N. E.2d 64, 1986, Ind. App. 1 Dist. Huntingburg Production Credit Assn v. Griese, 456 N. E.2d 448, 1983, Ind. App. 1 Dist. Honors Fellow- Indiana Bar Foundation Fellow - American College of Trust and Estate Counsel